A rock of a man. Soft spoken, steady and strong. Loved by my Dad and Mom. Loved by me. The first thing I thought about  when Martha notified us, how empty our lives will be. The second was an issue he brought up at a gathering  He wondered how it felt when my dad was in the boxing ring and how he took a punch and kept going. In all honesty I never asked my Dad how that felt. He  did.